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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCFE Agenda 10142024 AGENDA Orange County Commission for the Environment October 14th, 2024 7:00 p.m., Bonnie B. Davis Environment and Agriculture Center Time Item Title 7:00 I. Call to Order 7:01 II. Additions or Changes to Agenda 7:03 III. Approval of DRAFT Meeting Summary — Sept. 9, 2024 The CFE will consider approval of meeting summary from the last meeting.Action Needed (Attachment 1) 7:05 IV. Community Climate Action Grant Round 4- Ranking CFE will review and compile ranking for the CCAG Round 4 applications. CFE members are encouraged to bring laptops or tablets to the meeting to aid in review. 8:40 V. Updates and Information Items Staff and/or CFE members will provide updates on the following items: • Current Member Term Expirations and Renewal • ERCD-Lands Legacy 25th Anniversary Celebration Recap of National Drive Electric Week • Duke Energy Foundation Grant • Repair Cafe Volunteer Opportunity • Green Burial Presentation • State of the Environment Report Any other new information from CFE members and staff 9:00 VI. Adjournment *Next Meeting Date: November 11, 2024;Bonnie B Davis Environment and Agriculture Center Orange County Commission for the Environment Meeting Summary September 9th, 2024; 7:00 pm Hybrid Meeting Present: Kristie Mather, Mark Randall, Ian Morse (via Teams), Jane Harris (via Teams), John Bucher, Matthew Ferguson, Regina Baratta, Lily Schacht, Veronica Penn Beattie, Aimee Vandemark, Patrick Fn'Piere Absent: Reade Oakley,Nicholas Stover Staff: Chris Himi, Wesley Poole,Amy Eckberg, Kalani Allen, Karina Nabors, Melony Gilles (via Teams), Madison Buschek(Intern, via Teams) I. Call to Order Chair Regina Baratta called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm. II. Additions or Changes to Agenda Amy Eckberg requested to introduce her intern, Madison Buschek, whenever she logged in and let her tell everyone what she has been working on. III. Approval of DRAFT Meeting Summary—August 121h, 2024 Motion to approve by Matthew Ferguson; seconded by Kristie Mather; all in favor; none opposed; motion passed. IV. Community Climate Action Grant Round 4—Discussion Veronica Penn Beattie created the scoring spreadsheet for Round 4 of the Community Climate Action Grant, so she briefly went over the spreadsheet with the CFE before removing herself from this portion of the meeting along with Ian Morse (they were asked to do so by Regina Baratta via prior e-mail since they both submitted a grant application). Reade Oakley will also be removing himself from discussions and scoring due to submitting an application as well. Amy Eckberg notified the CFE that they received 25 applications to review, so with only $262,500 available and $1,151,873 of requests, this is going to be a lot of work. The CFE began with a broad overview of the Community Climate Actions Grant applications, then discussed specific application sections, ranking criteria, and reasonable scores. The group went through scoring one of the applications as a whole in order to familiarize everyone with the process. CFE members are asked to fill out the scoring spreadsheet for each application on their own and come to the next meeting in October ready to discuss. V. New Member Applications Page 1 of 2 Orange County Commission for the Environment Meeting Summary September 9th, 2024; 7:00 pm Hybrid Meeting Wesley Poole notified the CFE that they currently have two vacancies on the board and five applicants to choose from. After a discussion of the candidates, the CFE agreed to recommend to the BOCC that they should appoint Wendy Calvin to Position#4 and Thomas Engelhardt to Position#7. All in favor; none opposed; recommendation passed. VI. Updates and Information Items • Chris Hirni and Kalani Allen reminded the CFE of the upcoming ERCD—Lands Legacy 25th Anniversary Celebration. It will be held on October 19th at Blackwood Farm Park and will feature a BYOP (Bring Your Own Picnic). • Regina Baratta and Karina Nabors updated the CFE on what Green Teams Hillsborough has been working on. • Chris Hirni reminded the CFE to be reviewing past State of the Environment Reports to prepare for work on the upcoming Report. • Amy Eckberg reminded the CFE of the upcoming Volunteer Road Show. It will be held September 21St at Eno River Arts Mill. • Kalani Allen notified the CFE that the recent Harvest Festival held at Blackwood Farm Park was a success. VII. Adjournment Matthew Ferguson motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:55 pm; seconded by Kristie Mather; all in favor; none opposed; motion passed. Page 2 of 2